Gallabox alternative — WhatsApp CRM for appointments
Gallabox is an Indian WhatsApp Business inbox for sales teams. Zellbox is WhatsApp + Google Calendar for appointment-driven businesses.
by Nacho CollNacho founded Zellbox to give appointment-driven small businesses — clinics, salons, spas, physio, aesthetics, vets, mental-health, and fitness studios — a WhatsApp-first calendar and customer record system.
Editorial disclosure: I work at Zellbox, so this post is naturally biased. I’ve tried to describe Gallabox as accurately as possible based on their pricing page and product page as of August 2026. If you find a factual error, message me on LinkedIn and I’ll fix it. No affiliate links.
If you’re evaluating Gallabox alongside other WhatsApp platforms, you’ve likely also seen AiSensy, DoubleTick, Interakt, or Verloop. Gallabox is a WhatsApp Business inbox popular with Indian SMBs — sales teams, D2C brands, coaching institutes. Zellbox is built for appointment-driven small businesses (clinics, salons, vets, physios, fitness studios) that need WhatsApp reminders tied to a real calendar.
Where Gallabox fits
Gallabox works well when your day is a shared inbox of WhatsApp conversations. Sales teams working leads from broadcast campaigns, coaching institutes sending course drops, D2C brands managing customer questions — Gallabox’s team-inbox + campaigns + bot flows fit those workflows.
Where Zellbox fits
If your business runs on visits, the queue is tomorrow’s booking list, not leads. Zellbox syncs with Google Calendar, fires 24 h + 2 h reminders automatically, and stores signed consent PDFs on each customer record.
Feature-by-feature
| Zellbox | Gallabox | |
|---|---|---|
| Google Calendar sync | Native, bidirectional | Not native |
| Appointment reminders | Native templates + schedule | Manual or broadcast |
| Signed consent PDFs | Native | Not available |
| Broadcast campaigns | Not the focus | Native |
| Pricing entry | Free forever, Pro $29/mo (5 users) | Basic |
When to pick which
Pick Gallabox if: you’re an Indian SMB running a sales/support WhatsApp operation with broadcasts + a shared team inbox.
Pick Zellbox if: your customer list isn’t a broadcast target — it’s tomorrow’s booking list. Zellbox reminds each patient of their specific slot rather than blasting a Gallabox-style campaign, and flat pricing replaces per-agent tiers.
About the author: Nacho Coll is the founder of Zellbox. He writes about WhatsApp Business automation for appointment-driven small businesses.
Front takes the shared-inbox approach across email, SMS, and WhatsApp rather than Gallabox’s WhatsApp-only sales inbox — see our Front alternative comparison for that angle. Evaluating an enterprise contact-center platform instead of a WhatsApp sales inbox? See our Genesys Cloud alternative comparison for the enterprise-scale angle.
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About the author
Nacho Coll
Founder & Engineer at Zellbox
Nacho founded Zellbox to give appointment-driven small businesses — clinics, salons, spas, physio, aesthetics, vets, mental-health, and fitness studios — a WhatsApp-first calendar and customer record system. Writes about WhatsApp Business automation, no-show economics, recall-cycle playbooks, and the operational realities of running visit-driven businesses at scale.
